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Bosconian
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s)
  • NA Midway Games
Composer(s) Nobuyuki Ohnagi (Arcade ver.)
Yuzo Koshiro (X68000 ver.)
Platform(s) Arcade (original)
MSX, X68000, Sharp X1
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s) 1-2 players alternating
Cabinet Upright, cabaret, and cocktail
Arcade system Namco Galaga
CPU 3 × Z80 @ 3.072 MHz
Sound 1x Namco WSG @ 3.072 MHz, 1x Namco 54XX @ 1.536 MHz, Discrete
Display Horizontal orientation, Raster, 288 x 224 resolution

Bosconian is a video arcade game made by Namco in 1981. The player moves a spaceship and tries to destroy "space stations". There are also other things in space that the player has to destroy to get to the space stations. The game was later used on many of the early personal computers.

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